Afghanistan War

England cricketer Ben Stokes has been cleared of affray after jurors accepted he was acting in self-defence during an alcohol-fuelled street brawl.<p>Stokes, 27, insisted he was defending his friend Alex Hales and two gay men when he launched a barrage of punches at a fire brigade worker and an …

Ben Stokes, the son of a victim support officer, was insisting he would never turn violent just two days before landing himself in a police jail cell.<p>"There's adrenaline there, but I'd never get close to punching someone," Stokes said in a magazine interview as he was pressed by a journalist about …

An ancient silver flask seized at Gatwick has been unveiled for the first time, ahead of its return to Afghanistan.<p>Photographed exclusively for The Sunday Telegraph, it is believed to be the first time it has been seen by the public since it was created more than 4,000 years ago.<p>The treasure has …

KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan—Salsa Night on the Kandahar Air Field Boardwalk is dead. The TGI Friday’s on southern Afghanistan’s biggest military base is long gone, too. They have been replaced by a lonely coffee shop that sells doughnuts and samosas and a Kebab House selling pizza and Philly …